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to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up. Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement. Ex. xxix. 36. A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices. 1 Pet. ii. 5.

Capable of being offered; suitable or worthy to be offered.

One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship. Hooker.

The act of an offerer; a proffering.

The act of offering, or the thing offered. [Obs. or R.] Bacon. Bp. Fell.

Offer; proposal; overture. [Obs.] More offertures and advantages to his crown. Milton.

, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables. Chaucer. In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. Shak.

A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.

One who keeps treasures in a coffer. [R.]

Rubblework faced with stone. Knight.

A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards. Ure.

One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.

To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer. Clarke.

An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave offering. Ex. xxix. 27.

To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship. Shak. I reck not what wrong that thou me profre. Chaucer.

One who proffers something.

One who scoffs. 2 Pet. iii. 3.

The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery. Holinshed.

g beverages, -- called also total abstinence. The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. Locke.

nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream. This proffer is absurd and reasonless. Shak. 'This phrase absurd to call a villain great. Pope. p. 9